20.2 Washington Parcel Bombing Case II
Lake Hams is a person who contributes to the community, as a sports player, after he retired, he established a college in the community that specializes in teaching community children to learn baseball, helping those poor children who could only go into the arms of urban gangs to become athletes. Five years later, his hard work finally paid off, and his free baseball school really had two kids who made it to the national baseball draft and became professional baseball players. This makes the children who used to be in the community only fight, brawl, and finally gangsters can really have a higher future, so Lake is much concerned and respected in the society. This respect has always made Lake feel very good and happy to commute to work every day.
This happy day lasted until the month, when one of his childhood friends found him. The guy named Mette, dressed in a crisp suit and driving a brand-new, luxurious car, drove to the door of Lake's community baseball school and entered the school to find Lake. Mette said that he has become a successful investment manager and admires Lake's noble behavior in giving back to the community, so he is ready to help Lake improve the poor business of the community baseball school. Lake's baseball school has always been operating at a loss, and the school's main source of funding is only Lake's own funding and donations from social groups. Mette offers a plan that can bring huge monetary returns to the school by simply using a small business investment that is guaranteed to be successful using public funds that the school does not have access to for the time being. Due to Mette's own claim that he has a special relationship, the risk of this plan is almost zero. If it weren't for the fact that Lake was one of Met's own, and that Lake had made such a huge contribution to the society of their childhood, Met would not have been able to take Lake to make such a high-return investment.
Lake believed him, and now that he thinks about it, it may have been his praise and compliments that made Lake get carried away and privately use the school's public funds to give it to Mette. Then, everything changed. Mette, who used to keep showing up at community baseball schools, suddenly became so hard to find. Except that those investments turned into some documents that don't know what they were, the promised returns never saw the returns. And now the school needs money! Most of the money Lake uses actually comes from social donations, so Lake has to give everyone an account.
So Lake is here now, an address that he got after a lot of inquiry, an address that belonged to Mette, a villa with a private garden in an upscale neighborhood. Lake was here in his old pickup truck, waiting for Mette all day. In the past few days, Lake couldn't eat anything, his eyes were bloodshot, and his only belief was to find that Mette, the guy who had caused him to be in such a difficult situation.
Finally, Lake's familiar luxury car appeared in Lake's field of vision, and then the car stopped in front of the villa, and a man in a straight suit stepped down.
This person is none other than Mette, the man named Lake who has trouble sleeping and lodging, and who is a childhood friend of Lake.
Lake hurriedly jumped out of the car and rushed over quickly. Although Lake has grown at least 0 pounds of meat in the past few years since he gave up his athletes, he still broke out at this time with his best results as an athlete. Fly up to Mette and block his way.
Lake, "Mette!"
Met, "It's Lake, long time no see, your complexion is really a lot worse!"
Ryker's presence was a bit of a surprise to Mette, but he quickly regained his composure and confidence, as if a close old friend greeted Ryker.
Lake, "Met, I've been looking for you for months! Long story short, what's going on with my money?"
"I have made a commercial investment under our agreement, but unfortunately this investment was not successful. Disappointed you, maybe now it doesn't have much left!"
Lake, "Mette, are you laughing at me!"
Lake has been listening too much in the past few months because of his own stupidity to defraud money that originally belonged to the school. Coupled with the fact that he is an athlete himself, controlling his temper is not his forte. Lake pulled up Mette's collar and left him on tiptoe.
Lake, "Met, I trusted you, but you deceived me! If you can't give me back the money that belongs to me, you will pay the price!"
"At what cost? Going to court?" rest assured, I'm working strictly on the agreement between the two parties, and the court won't rule in favor of you. Are you going to hit me?"
Mette gestured behind Lake.
"It's an upscale neighborhood, and you see the police are coming. If you don't want to get in trouble, you'd better let go now. ”
When Lake looked back, he saw a patrolling police car slowly driving towards it. And the two patrolmen there were quietly watching here. So, I had to let go of my hand through gritted teeth.
Lake, "Met, I'm not going to give up!"
Mette contemptuously, "Lake, my good brother and good friend, as a friend who has played since childhood, I sincerely remind you of one thing. There are many people like me in the world, and I'm not the only one, nor the worst. You see, I didn't cheat you out of the bank, did you? As long as you take a little money out of your family's savings to make up for the deficit in the school, you are still a successful person who is respected by the community. You could even run for community council in a few years, and that's what you've been planning, right? What a plan! Are you going to go to jail now for deliberately assaulting a successful businessman? When the time comes, your life's work will be in vain. Think about it, brother, and you will find that we are still good brothers and good partners!"
Lake, "You liar!"
Lake clenched his fists as if he was about to kill Mette, but Mette didn't mind, smiling as if he were his closest friend.
"No, politicians are the real liars!" I'm just a businessman with a little bit of accomplishment, and of course I'll keep trying." Lake: If you're planning to become a community councillor in the future, let's be honest, this is definitely an experience that will help you for the rest of your life. Believe me, I'm never a liar! I'm actually clearly written in the agreement between the two parties, but you didn't pay attention!"
Lake, "You liar!"
"Looks like you're going to need a while to calm down, listen to me, go back and take a shower, get some sleep, think about it calmly, and you'll see that the world is going to be different." Well, don't throw away my business card, if you're going to run for community council in the future, I'm probably going to be selfless funding? You see, there will never be an eternal friend or an eternal enemy in this world. I believe that with your good reputation in the community, it is very simple to get elected as a councillor with just a few community leaders. Like many successful businessmen, I also need to have some legislator friends with a good reputation, integrity, and nobility, so that I can establish an image of social responsibility and credibility in my business activities. So, I'm really going to sponsor your campaign!"
Mette stepped forward and hugged Lake tightly, kissing him on the cheek affectionately.
"What a healthy, upright, strong image! You must have strong support from the lower and lower levels of the community! You are a natural politician." Trust me, don't let down such a talent. We are friends forever!"
Lake, "You liar!"
Ryker's voice wasn't as strong as it used to be, and he probably didn't notice that he had already begun to take Mette's suggestion into account in his heart.
"We are friends forever! True allies! Born partners! I will wait for your good news! Believe me, this incident may be a very good thing? There is a very, very old Chinese proverb: If you lose your horse, you will not know if you are blessed." Trust me, this might still be a good thing for you. You use the money that belongs to you to make up for the deficit that belongs to everyone. What will people think? What will people think? People will not blame you, they will trust you more!"
Mette patted Lake on the shoulder in front of him and smiled as he walked towards his villa. He had completely ignored Reker's existence, and Reker's existence was no longer a danger to him.
This is the reality of society, the more scammers like to do something familiar to themselves, such as friends, classmates, and relatives. This relationship can make it easier for them to get started, and they won't have any psychological burden.
Realizing that he had once again dealt with his friend, Mette gracefully took a courier box from the newspaper box at the door, and prepared to return to his home. Just looking at the express bill above, showing a hesitant expression. Prepare to shake it with your hands and listen to what the east side is.
Rumble!
A loud explosion rang out, from the cardboard box that was in Mette's hand, into a fireball that was falling apart. The huge impact made Lake, who was looking down and meditating on Met's nonsense 5 or 6 meters away, feel like he had been hit hard in the back, and his body flew high and fell straight to 2 meters away. The patrol car that had come close because of the conflict between Lake and Mette had already run out of the car and found only a body with half an arm and half a head left in the center of the scene in the distance, the grass that had been blown out of the ground by the explosion, the collapsed newspaper box, and a large number of explosion debris that I don't know what it was.
A patrol officer quickly approached the center of the explosion, and after taking a look at the charred body in the center of the explosion, he turned and ran to the man 7 meters away from the center of the explosion. Running to him, his fingers probing the neck artery of the unconscious man underground, to determine whether he was alive or dead. Another patrolman stood out the window and pulled out the car pager that was attached to the car.
Patrolman, "This is the discovery of the explosion, one has died, one is seriously injured, please help!
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Crime lab, Aaron's room, the phone rang suddenly, and Aaron took it.
Aaron, "Hello! This is a crime lab. ”
On the other side of the phone, "Aaron." ”
Although his name was not reported on the other side of the phone, Aaron could still hear the voice of the minister in charge of him. So Aaron's voice became different.
Aaron, "Yes, Minister. ”
Telephone, "Turn on the TV and broadcast the live news." ”
Aaron, "Okay. ”
The phone microphone was carefully placed on his desk, and Aaron quickly reached the other side of the office and turned on the TV on the wall there. Go back to your desk, grab the phone handset, and grab the TV remote. Use the TV remote to switch TV shows to channels with live news. So a news of a bombing that had just happened appeared on television.
On TV, a beautiful golden woman is standing outside a police cordon, with an explosion scene as the background, and in a passionate voice, she is telling a story and a news story.
Reporter, "This is the Palm Tree Neighborhood, and the second express parcel bombing of the week has already occurred here, is it a serial bombing maniac or an international terrorist incident......"
The voice on the other end of the phone rang again.
Phone, "Did you see the news?"
Aaron, "Yes, Minister!"
phone, "take care of it." ”
Aaron, "Understood, Minister!"
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The warning of the crime lab kept sounding, and one by one the staff members walked out of their rooms and began to converge in the multi-purpose conference room in the middle.
Peggy, "Do you know what's going on?"
Peggy grabbed Spencer, who was passing in front of her.
Spencer, "I don't know. It's just that according to the rules in the lab, this is the voice that asks all personnel to assemble. I think we'll know what's going on when we get to the room. ”
At this time, Du Ping and Lisa passed by Peggy side by side.
"Is this often the case in the lab?"
Lisa, "It's not very common. ”
Spencer, "Come once a month, there's going to be something big going on every time. ”
Peggy, "It's like a woman's period!"
Spencer, "You're a woman?"
Peggy, "Of course I'm a woman! Why don't you try?"
Peggy's personality is the kind of character that can play any joke, and Peggy's origins are not different from the others in this lab. People like Du Ping and Spencer came here because a certain major was favored by the FBI, so the two parties signed a contract. But Peggy's previous identity was a hacker who had to sign a contract to join the FBI because she was caught by the FBI. Peggy's previous background caused her to not be a well-behaved person at all. Even if Aaron criticizes her, she won't change it. came and went, and Aaron usually had no way to take her.
However, due to the presence of Peggy, the atmosphere of the whole venue was much lighter. The focus of the meeting shifted from what was going to be held to what was going to be done, and I was a lot of fun for a while.
Du Pingping has been coming to the laboratory in Huashi for more than a week, in fact, on the whole, Du Pingping has had a very boring time this week. Aaron did not assign any cases to Du Pingping, on the grounds that Du Pingping was an anthropologist, not an agent. It's a kind of office politics, so everyone just turns a blind eye to this kind of thing and waits for it to develop. Because many people also know that Du Ping has not yet come to the official report, he handed over a suggestion to Aaron. Now it seems that Aaron is not happy with Du's fair attitude. Only Du Pingping does not introduce others as an outsider, and maintains a non-hurried attitude. This makes speculation about the timing of the Cold War uncertain.
The relaxed atmosphere outside the conference room was swept away when a gloomy Aaron appeared in the hallway. Everyone walked into this multi-functional meeting room and took their seats.
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One by one, the photos of the explosion scene were constantly released, as well as a lot of various information collected by the police before. Aaron made his statement on the theme of the conference with a serious face, which was very detailed and detailed, and explained it for more than two hours. And after this explanation, I also opened two videos of local news broadcasts one after the other.
Aaron, "This is the second express parcel explosion this week, which has killed two people and injured five others. It has already caused panic among the citizens of Huashi, so the FBI headquarters ordered us to take immediate action to prevent the first explosion from happening. ”
Aaron, "Spencer." ”
Aaron began to ask questions about his team members one by one, and Spencer, who was first pointed out by Aaron, shook his head, saying that he had no ideas or gains.
Aaron, "Ray." ”
"The first victim in the case was a gang boss who often collected protection money on the streets, and he was prosecuted for four or five assault cases. The second victim said he was a businessman, but more people said he was a scammer who deceived some relatives and friends. Judging from the current characteristics of the case, the bombers are all the bad guys in the general population. So it cannot be ruled out that this bomber has serious heroism episodes. ”
Peggy, "Like Superman with a bomb in his hand, he throws one when he sees a bad guy?"
Ray, "That's right!"
Peggy, "Cool!"
Peggy always had an ability, the one that made something stressful easy. Her interaction with Ray immediately made everyone in the entire conference room relax and smile. It was the same with Du Fair, but at this time Aaron began to nod to Du Fair.
Aaron, "Du?"
"I don't have anything to gain here. ”
Aaron, "No?"
"From the perspective of forensic anthropology, the identity information of the victim is clear, and there is no need for complex physiognomy restoration. So from my professional point of view, I don't have any information that makes any special contribution to the case. ”
Aaron, "Lisa?"
Lisa, "Neither did I." ”
Aaron, "Jeppa?"
Jepa, "No. ”
Aaron, "The information has been sent to the public area, and the teams are invited to work on it. This is a case that the headquarters attaches great importance to and has caused a huge social impact, and I hope that everyone will attach great importance to it! ”